Yankee

Every time i see someone post at the bottom of an email "sorry for my english", i always feel like this person is apologizing for speaking english on an english speaking list. It's a very strange way to say it.

I think you all missed the point. It's just weird to see an apology, when we all realize in 2010 that people are going to post to english speaking mailing lists from all parts of the world.

Double vowels are long closed vowels in Dutch, German's got several different ways to indicate short and long vowels, Dutch makes it simple, there is only one system. VC is short, V is long, and VVC is also long. Handy, no?